Conveyer



Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

ww Ii `H. OB.` HARDING.

CONVEYER.

APPLICATION F|LED.uE'c.26, 1918.

Her/ry oairensraras OFFICE,

HENRY OB.; HARDINQ or lMINNnaroLIs',y MINNESOTA, AssfIeNon iro 'WASHBRNY CROSBY COMPANY, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNnsora..a CORPORATION. y L

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Application led'eceinoer 26, 1918. Serial 310.268.373.

Ving at Minneapolis5` in the county of Hennepin and State of `Minnesota,have invented "certain new vand useful improvements in the detaileddescription thereof and theV novel features embodied in myfinventiveidea are particularly pointed out in the claims. In the accompanyingdrawings which illustrate the application of my invention in one formfFigure 1 is a view in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3is an enlarged View in longitudinal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig.4 is an enlarged view in cross section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2 lool:-

ingin the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5

is a side view showing the manner in which my conveyer may beused forconveying sacks. Y

As shown in the drawings, two transverse base members 10 'are mounted onsmall wheels 12. Extending upwardly from the base members are pairs'ofadjustable standards 14, to the upper ends of which is secured the frameof the conveyer. The frame The lower stretch of the belt isvspecificati@ of Ietteifsrafeaa PanL-rdspt", 7,1920,

of the standards14 -is adapted to support` y an electric motor 32operatedby a current supplied by wires '34 Vhaving a plug 36; at

vtheir outer ends' forinsertion' in any suit- 'able plug socket. -1Themotor shaft is geared to a shaft 38 which by lmeansofthe gearn ingcontained in `a gear case 40 turns the Lroller 22 tofdrive the belt. -'lo`h elongitudinal "bars of the frame-I are held together :and

braced by end plates 42 and strips 44, the upper ends of which aresecured to the angle bars, said plates and strips being bent inwardlyunderl the conveyer and having their lower ends secured to alongitudinal angle bar 46 extending in a line beneath the median line ofthe table. Additional strips 48 located adjacent the standards 14V havetheir upper ends secured to the angle bars 16 and their lower endssecured to the standards. `The strips 44 and 48 are inclined withrelation to the direction of the length of the frame wherebv the latteris very effectively braced. Secured lengthwise to the vertical sides ofthe angle bars 16 are strips 50 the upper edges of which are turned overthe top edges of the angle bars and brought down close to the upperstretch of the belt 2O to form a close vjoint andprevent dirt'and dustobtaining an entrance below the upper stretch of the belt. Fig. 5 showsthe conveyer in use to carry sacks of flour underneath a sewing machine52 which sews lup the top of the sacks, the closed sacks being deliveredbythe conveyer to a cross belt 53 which takes them to an elevatingdevice 54.

The operation and advantages of my invention will be obvious from theforegoing description. On account of the electric motor being mountedupon the conveyer the latter may be readily Vrolled from place to placeas desired. Ay rigid. support upon which the endless belt is adapted tomove in a constant plane is provided andhence.

there is no jerking or iiopping of the belt lower ends of some of saidstrips being secured to saidl standards and the lower ends of the restof the strips extending into a line beneath the median line of saidtable, an angle bar secured to said last mentioned stripends, an endlessbelt extending longitudinally around said table with its upper lstretchin contactv therewith, and ineans for lsaid strips being secured to saidstandards and the lower ends of the rest of the strips vandkalso thellower endsof said platesextending into a line beneath the median line ofthe table, an angle bar secured to said last mentionedstrip-and-plate-ends, an endless belt extending longitudinally aroundsaid table with its upper stretch in contact therewith, and means fordriving said belt.

' 3. A conveyer comprising Wheeled standards, a pair of vlongitudinallyextending' bars secured to said standards, a table secured to said bars,a traveling beltv in contact with said table and extending between saidbars and strips secured to said bars,

the upper edges of said strips being turnedl over the top edges of saidbars to form Aa close joint with said belt.

Y In testimony whereof I hereunto aliixy my signature. y

HENRY oB. HARDiNe.

